Rhus] XLI. ANACABDIACE.E 199 



glabrous when ripe, exocarp dry, chartaceous, splitting irregularly, endocarp 

 hard, smooth, in a mass of vegetable wax. 



North-West Himalaya, Kashmir to Nepal 2-7,000ft, PI. May-June. Ii. vernicifera, 

 DC, the Varnish tree of China and Japan, differs by petiolulate nearly glabrous leaf- 

 lets. H. pcdiVcllate ami panicles more lax. 8. R. insigTiis, Hook. f. Sikkim. s.ooO 

 ft., Khasi hills. Deciduous, attains 50 ft., differs 1 »y glabrous petioles, panicles larger, 

 more lax and nearly glabrous, leaflets on thick petiolules, drupes smaller. 



9. R. succedanea, Linn.; Wight Ic. t. 560; Brandis F. PI. 121. Vera. 

 Shash, Kunawar; Ark/ml, X.W. Him. 



A middle-sized or small deciduous tree, entirely glabrous, except pedicels 

 and ramifications of panicle, which at times are minutely hairy. Leaflets op- 

 posite, 3-6 pair, entire, ovate-lanceolate, long-acuminate, blade 3-6, petiolule 

 slender, | in., sec. n. 8-15 pair, alternating with shorter intermediate nerves. 

 Panicles lax, drooping, ramifications slender. Fl. pedicelled. Drupes \ in. 

 diam., on pedicels i in. long, glabrous, yellow or light brown, endocarp hard, 

 enclosed in a fibrous mesocarp, vegetable wax mixed with the fibres. 



Himalaya, from the Jhelam eastwards, 2-8,000 ft. Xot mentioned in Kanjilal's ex- 

 cellent F. Flora of the School Circle, but found by me in the Rupin valley in October 

 1871. Khasi hills. Fl. June-September. China, Japan. The milky juice of this 

 species, like that of Ii. Wallichii, causes blisters on the skin, and makes black stains on 

 paper. In Japan, wax is obtained from the fruit of this species and of 7?. vernicifera. 

 A remarkable variety, possibly a distinct species, with almost coriaceous leaflets, the 

 sec. n. more conspicuous and nearly at right angles to midrib, fruiting panicles more 

 dense, in Sikkim and on the Khasi hills, is Ii. acuminata, DC; Gamble List 24. 

 10. R. Grifflthii, Hook. f. Sikkim. Mungpn 2.<XiO ft. (C. 15. Clarke. October 1884). Upper 

 Assam, Khasi bills, common at Shillong. A middle-sized or small tree, glabrous, 

 panicles only pubescent. Leaves large, common petiole '24 in. long and longer, leaflets 

 ovate-oblong from au Unequal-sided base, caudate-acuminate, sec. n. conspicuous 

 beneath, 10-24 pair, panicles pedunculate. S-HO in. long. 



2. PISTACIA, Linn. ; PI. Brit. Ind. ii. 13. 



Trees or shrubs. L. pinnate or trifoliolate, leaflets entire, stipules none. 

 Fl. small dioecious, in axillary racemes or panicles, supported by bracteoles, 

 petals 0. (J sepals 1-2, stamens 3-5 on a small disk. ? sepals 2-5, disk 0, 

 ovary 1 -eel led. Drupe oblique, endocarp b >nv. cotyledons filled with fat oil. 

 Species 9, Mediterranean region, China, one in Mexico. 



1. P. integerrima, Stewart; Brandis F. Fl. t. 22. Vera. Kakra, Kakkar, 

 Kakring, Kakroi, Kdnrai, X.W. Him. 



A middle-sized deciduous tree, young shoots red, heartwood very hard, 

 durable, close- and even-grained, brown, mottled with yellow and dark streaks. 

 L. aromatic, Lmpari- or pari-pinnate, finely pubescent while young, 

 leaflets I -5 pair, usually opposite, lanceolate from an oblique base, blade 3 -6 

 in. long, petiolule very short. Drupe broader than long, { in. diam. 



llilU of Trans-Indus territory. Salt range, Punjab. Outer ranges of North-Wesl 

 Himalaya, 1,500 to 8,000 ft. Fl. March May. Irregularly shaped galls (Kakrisingi), 



often 0-7 in. long, form on the leaves. 2. P. coccinea, Coll. el llemsl. Shan hills, 



Upper Burma, l.oooft. A small tree. Leaves paripinnote, leaflets 5-6 pail-, coriai us. 



l-lj in. long, usually alternate, 



3. P. mutica, Fisch. et Mey. ; Engler in DC. Monogr. I'lian. iv. 287; 

 Lace in .Iniirn. Linn. Soc. xxviii. .'ins. Syn. /'. cabulica, Stocks. Vera. 

 (•'it-mi. Baluch ; Rhanjak, Peshin; Badtcar, Eurnai district. 



A small tree, often gregarious, attains 20-25 ft. and 6-10 ft. in girth, bark 

 dark brown with longitudinal fissures, heartwood small, dark brown, very 

 hard. L. im pari pinnate, common petiole minutely hairy, marginate or 



narrowly winged, leallets 2 -ii pair, ovate-oblong, obtuse 



Baluchistan, I 9,000 ft., at lower elevations associated with Acacia modesta, higher up 

 occasionally with the 3 tiniper. Afghanis! an. Euram valley, Gilgit. PI March April. 



